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Backstage Face and Body Foundation.

Dior Backstage Face and Body Foundation
Foundation

About this product

A lightweight, water-based foundation designed to work on multiple skin types with medium coverage and a natural finish.

Foundation

The Guru Index verdict

78%

Approved

✓Approved · 78%
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5Approved
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#6 in Best Foundation

What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise this foundation for its durability in challenging conditions, sweat, heat, humidity, and active wear all hold up without budging. The consensus is that it looks like skin, feels weightless, and self-sets without drying. Shade range and adaptability across skin types (dry, oily, olive) come up repeatedly as standout strengths. The only recurring note is that it applies best with synthetic fiber brushes given its water-based formula.
Synthesized from 5 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

Vitamin ESPF

Full ingredients

Cyclopentasiloxane, Aqua (Water), Alcohol, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polyurethane-35, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Glycerin, Silica, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Sodium Myristoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Undecyl Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Propylene Carbonate, VP/​VA Copolymer, Tetrasodium EDTA, Parfum (Fragrance), Aluminum Hydroxide, Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, BHT, Tocopherol, Ci 19140 (Yellow 5, Yellow 5 Lake), Ci 42090 (Blue 1 Lake), Ci 77007 (Ultramarines), Ci 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride), Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide)

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Sam Ellis
Dr. Sam Ellis
849k subs · 143k devotees
✓Approved
"Another oily skin friendly foundation that I love is the Dior Backstage Face and Body. I used to be a huge MAC Face and Body girl, but I feel like I've been gravitating more towards the Dior Backstage Face and Body, which is good for dry skin like mine if I do a lot of prep underneath it. But if you don't put a lot of moisturizer and heavy products underneath, it is beautiful on oily skin. And it is also sweat resistant. So, it's great if you have a more active lifestyle. If you're just more of like a sweaty girly, it's nice to have something that is just going to hold up. If you're going to be like dancing or at a wedding or you're in a humid climate, it just handles so well over time. They have an incredible shade range. I often will pick a couple of shades and sort of mix depending on how much fake tan or real tan I sometimes have. But a beautiful, beautiful product that works on so many different skin types."
Alexandra Anele
Alexandra Anele
1.42M subs · 27k devotees
✓Approved
"The Dior Backstage foundation is water-based. Typically with water-based products, they're going to apply a little bit better with a brush. Synthetic fibers are really good for this because it's not going to soak up the product as much."
Allie Glines
Allie Glines
830k subs · 34k devotees
✓Approved
"I wear so many foundations and CC creams, but my go-to perfect look that always gets compliments is Dior Backstage Face and Body. It's light to medium coverage for me and looks 100% like skin so even invisible, but it has coverage. It lasts all night and is perfect for photos. I've loved this foundation for years. It's completely lightweight, I can't feel it at all, and it self sets but without drying my skin. The finish is perfect, not too matte, not too dewy. Dior's shade range is great. I've got olive skin and sometimes it can be hard to find the right match, but this one is perfect."
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"I'm going to use this Dior Backstage Foundation, it's been sitting in my things for a while I wanted to revisit it. I have the shade 0N and I'm just going to go ahead and apply that all over focusing it on top of areas that I have more redness."
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"I wear so many foundations and CC creams, but my go-to perfect look that always gets compliments is Dior Backstage Face and Body. It's light to medium coverage for me and looks 100% like skin so even invisible, but it has coverage. It lasts all night and is perfect for photos. I've loved this foundation for years. It's completely lightweight, I can't feel it at all, and it self sets but without drying my skin. The finish is perfect, not too matte, not too dewy. Dior's shade range is great. I've got olive skin and sometimes it can be hard to find the right match, but this one is perfect."
HotandFlashy
HotandFlashy
1.23M subs · 69k devotees
✓Approved
"For Angie's complex, for her foundation, one of my go-tos that I use professionally on a regular basis is the Dior Backstage Face and Body. This is a very longwear foundation, it's also heat, sweat, humidity resistant, it's extremely longwearing, it's great for an all day wear."
Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.47M subs · 11k devotees
✓Approved
"This is a personal favorite of mine. This summer it has replaced my Armani Foundation. It's sweat resistant, it is truly sweat resistant. The Dior is a game changer if you are working outside. I have a lot of clients that shoot outside, we do commercials all day, we're out on the elements, and I have tons of people in the fitness industry where I do their makeup and then they actually do a workout program, so their makeup needs to stay put. I've used it on brides, I've used it on tons of people for special occasions, it does not move."
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